Message from Chris Fifield:
<<For the record and for those who have the published version of Alan Krueck's The symphonies of Felix Draeseke (1967), I should point out that on pp.62 and 63 the Hans he refers to as Draeseke's musical benefactor is not Hans Richter but Hans von Bülow.>>
Please see second message below...
So many composers had so much to thank von Bülow for: Wagner, Brahms, Raff and now Draeseke. At various stages of his life (first Wagner, then Brahms, always Raff) he was a tireless promoter of their music.
Follow-up message from Chris:
<<Actually I am not quite right on p63. It's still HvB but AK should have written that he is the musical benefactor to Strauss not Draeseke! At any event Hans Richter is NOT correct on either page.>>
Still, when I was looking for letters by Brahms about Draeseke, this came up a lot-
"See also the letter that Bülow wrote to Felix Draeseke about the [Brahms-led] 'Manifesto' on May 6, 1860" (that from Walker's book on Bülow)... and similar to the same effect from other sources.
(as a match to the same simple search terms)